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Ventilation efficiency to exercise in patients with cystic fibrosis.

Asterios KampourasElpis HatziagorouVasiliki AvramidouVasiliki GeorgopoulouFotis KirvassilisHelge HebestreitJohn Tsanakas
Published in: Pediatric pulmonology (2019)
No significant differences were found regarding ΔVE/ΔVCO2 slope levels between the three groups. Ventilation intercept (VEint ) was elevated significantly as disease progresses reflecting increased dead space ventilation. CF patients retain their ventilation efficiency to exercise even as lung function deteriorates by adopting a higher respiratory rate along with increased dead space ventilation.
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